BAND SPOTLIGHT | Dave Alvin, Phil Alvin & The Guilty Ones

Here’s a record with a story to tell, not only in the songs recorded but in the recording of the songs. After Brian Zilm finished tracking his latest album in Springfield at Frequincy Recording with owner-operator Quincy Watson, the local singer-songwriter decided to call in a long shot. Zilm had made a social media connection with Tom Drummond of the band Better Than Ezra, discussing the popular group’s work and the influence it had on his own sound. When Zilm asked Drummond to mix and produce the tracks, “to my amazement, he did,” and so the collaboration happened. Complete with production touted by Drummond as “cinematic” and Zilm as “experimental pop rock” the CD is available physically at Capital City Music and Recycled Records and digitally at iTunes and Google Play and both ways at CDBaby.com with the single “If It’s You,” soon reaching local radio. Zilm performs the songs on acoustic guitar with host Tom Irwin opening the show at 8 and continuing after Zilm for the regular “church service” at Brewhaus on Sundays.